Description
A biography of Paul Celan, the Jewish German-language poet who was born in Czernowitz, Romania. Covers his life up to 1947. Describes his and his family's experiences during the Second World War. Mentions the foundation of the ghetto in Czernowitz (1941) and the later deportation of the majority of Jews to Transnistria, including Celan's parents who died there. Celan himself remained in the region of Czernowitz where he was subjected to forced labor. Ch. 9 analyzes reflections of this period in his poetry and letters.
